Antilapping water bowl



Jan. 29, 1935. R FERRls 1,989,477

ANTILAPPING WATER BOWL Filed Sept. 6, 1933 Patented Jan. 29, 1935 A rILAPINQ-WATEIQ sown,

Robert Ferris; Harvard, 111., assignor-to Starline 1110., Harvard, 111.,a corporation off-Illinois Application .SeptemberJi, 193sgs ria1lna, 688,3337;

' s'olaims. (Cl': 1'19= 75)- This invention relates 1to.'waterbowls-for. useeinu' cattle: barns, and" the like, and particularly; to:means for keeping the bowls clean,1and:for preventingtcattle; from;lapping. water fromi the jbowls Cowsesometimes have azhabit ct.lappinggwater. from; water. bowlswith their tonguesapparentlm in: aiplayful mood, and water thrown out otthe l bow-11in this way keepsczthemanger xwetxand' 11H? sanitary;

An object of this invention istoprovidea bowl; fromrwhich acow cannotlap. water.

Another. object is to provide aibowl which will tendftOJeXcluden. feed,and: dust and. debris. :of j all 1 kinds-from.the..bow1..

'Ilhese'andiotherobjects; as will hereinafter-"ape pear: are:accomplished by this invention, whichsis, fullyidescribedtimtheifollowing: specification; and 1. shown in the accompanying drawing,in,;which.

Eigureliisa perspective view of a waterbowl with my invention appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a reduced vertical section through the center of the bowl;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 4 is a partial horizontal view on the line 4 of Fig. 3.

The embodiment illustrated comprises a water bowl 10 of a well knownform, the bowl as shown being substantially semi-spherical and having atone side a chamber 11, in which is secured a valve housing 12 which hasa flange 13 (Fig. 1) through which pass screws or bolts 14 by means ofwhich the valve housing is secured in place. A pipe 15 connects to asuitable source of water supply. Above the housing 12 is a valve seat 12and a rubber washer 12 is held between the valve seat and the flange 13.A valve stem 12 is suitably guided at its lower end, and has a rubbervalve 12 at its upper end, the valve normally being held on its seat bymeans of a spring 12. The valve is operated by means of a paddle 16which is hingedly mounted at 17 and bears upon the lower end of thevalve stem, sothat pressure exerted, as by a cows nose on the outer endof the paddle, lifts the valve off its seat. The paddle is shown in fulllines in its normal inoperative position, and is shown in dotted lineswhen depressed to admit water to the bowl.

The water bowl so far described is used in the form substantially asshown and with various modifications. Some cows acquire the trick ofusing their tongues to throw water out of a bowl of this type. Toprevent this I have placed over the top of the bowl a cover or diaphragm18 of rubber..'orlthe glikfi'gWhiOh, maybe securedin mace; by mansraofzagmetalband 1Shthe nds-=0f w ic r held bra-s itable fastener;20. This:c V .1=1 prev-id al Wit-11;: air-seri s of-z nenines 1 he'wal lottheabowl is cut-,tolpermit the -ba-nd to pass 5 through it.-, The:rubber cover;ispottslittedbut insteadxisgmerely; folded under the;band-. The coverl is;-.very; soft and; flexible and,will.. readilypermit1,this;,to,be?done.

For; the; cowto @drin t plac herechin a ainst Jh iCOVQ i-i f r a: itdown-un il. it-comes sin contattzw thlthe pad l and; depressin both:the; ov nd h a dle urther; totcaus he-v lv oadmi wate e. bowl...While-sci held gwater; will ,rise, ough the openin s; 21-; so; that: theCowman.- 1. 1k; To do; this;however;she'mustmseenough force in depressinthe; v rvthat h rvmq h w l main E wi l: be; mp ssib or: t eno; us hertongu bat e-Water iwbishih t ri en- 1 the space above the depressedportion of the cover. The moment she raises her chin enough p to permither to extend her tongue from her mouth the cover will be above thewater level, and she will still be unable to lap it.

This cover also serves in a large measure to keep feed, hay, dust anddbris of all kind from getting into the bowl so that when such a coveris used, the bowl will remain much cleaner than would otherwise be thecase. For example, the cow in eating frequently carries some of herfood'into the bowl and this feed is washed off by the water. In thiscase most of this feed will remain above the cover 18, with the resultthat as she drinks it will be carried into her mouth with the water, andthus be removed permanently from the bowl.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a modified form of the device in which thebowl 10 is provided with an outwardly extending flange 10 and the cover18 is provided with a thickened bead 18 which extends around the edgeand overlies and engages the flange 10 so as to be held in place. Forthis purpose the length of this bead should be normally less than thatof the space under the flange so that it will have to be stretched so asto be retained thereon. The flange 10% is preferably cut away at 10 toassist in holding the bead in place at this point. The cover 18 islikewise provided with openings 21 and aside from the method of securingit in place on the bowl it is similar in operation to the cover 18previously described. Both forms of cover are readily removable forcleaning the bowl, and after cleaning are quickly and. easilyreplaceable.

While I have shown and described but a few it is..11ie.s.essar r; her10:

, embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capableof many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction andarrangement may be made which do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve'and apaddle for operating the valve, and a perforate cover secured overthetop of the bowl and paddle and yieldable so that the nose of a cowmay depress both the cover and paddle to admit water to the bowl but thecover will prevent the cow from lapping. 2. In combination, a water bowlhaving a spring-pressed valve and a paddle for operating the valve, anda perforate rubber cover secured over the top of the bowl and paddleandyieldable so that the nose of a cow may depress both the cover andpaddle to admit water to the bowl but the'cover will prevent thecowfromlapping.

3. In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve and apaddle for operating the valve, and a perforate rubber cover securedover the top of the bowl and over the outer end of the paddle, saidcover being yieldable so that the nose of a cow may depress both thecover and paddle to cause water to flow into the bowl but the cover willprevent the cow from lapping.

I 4.- In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve and apaddle for operating the valve, and'a perforate rubber coversecured overthe top of the bowl and overthe outer end of the paddle, saidcovervbeing yieldable so that the nose of a cow may depress both thecover and paddle to cause water to flow into the bowl but the cover willprevent the cow from lapping, the upper edge of the bowl having anoutwardly extending flange over which the cover depends, and a bandsurrounding the depending portion of the cover and bowl to secure thecover over the top of the bowl.

5. In combination, a water bowl having a valve and a paddle foroperating the valve, and a perforate rubber cover secured over the topof the bowl and over the outer end of the paddle, said cover beingyieldable so that the nose of a cow may depress both the cover andpaddle to cause water to flow into the bowl but the cover will preventthe cow'from lapping, the upper edge of the bowl having an outwardlyextending flange, the edge of the cover having a bead adapted to dependover the edge of the flange of the bowl and to engage the same so as tohold the cover over the top of the bowl.

6. In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve, a paddlefor operating the valve, and a diaphragm pervious to Water positionedabove the normal water level in the bowl and serving to prevent a cowfrom lapping the water from the bowl, the diaphragm being adapted to bedepressed by the cows nose when depressing the paddle.

7. In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve, a paddlefor operating the valve, and a diaphragm supported at its periphery andpositioned above the normal water level in the bowl and serving toprevent a cow from lapping the water from the bowl, the diaphragm beingadapted to be depressed by the cows nose when depressing the paddle.

8. In combination, a water bowl having a spring-pressed valve, a paddlefor operating the valve, and a resilient diaphragm positioned above thenormal water level in the bowl and serving.

to prevent a cow from lapping the water from the bowl, both thediaphragm and the paddle being adapted to be depressed by the cows noseto admit waterto the bowl.

ROBERT G. FERRIS.

